The basic way to say “yes” in French is “oui,” but there are multiple affirmative responses you can give when you intend to say “yes.” Here are a few worth knowing.
Steps
Basic Yes
- Say “oui.”[1] This translates into a simple “yes.”
- This statement is the basic way of saying “yes” and can be used in just about any circumstance, regardless of how formal or informal the conversation is.
- Pronounce this French word as wee.
- If you want to make this response more polite, you can add the French equivalent of “mister,” “missus,” or “miss” to the end of the term.
- Monsieur, pronounced muh-see-euh, translates into “mister.” Oui, monsieur.
- Madame, pronounced mah-dehm, translates into “missus.” Oui, madame.
- Mademoiselle, pronounced mah-dehm-mwah-zel, translates into “miss.” Oui, mademoiselle.
- Politely offer “oui, merci.” This phrase means “yes, thanks.”
- Merci means “thanks” or “thank you.”
- Pronounce this French phrase as WEE, mehr-SEE.
- Reply with “oui, s'il vous plaît.” This is another polite phrase. It means “yes, please.”
- As a phrase, s'il vous plaît translates into “please.” More literally, it means, “if you please.”
- S'il means “if.”
- Vous means “you.”
- Plaît” means “please.”
- This French phrase should be pronounced as WEE, seell voo PLEH.
- As a phrase, s'il vous plaît translates into “please.” More literally, it means, “if you please.”
Slang Yes
- Casually respond with “ouai.” This is the French equivalent of the English “yeah.”
- This French slang term should be roughly pronounced as wee-ay.
- Use “ouaip” instead. This is the French equivalent of the English “yep.”
- Roughly pronounce this French slang term as wee-ayp.
Firm Affirmations
- State “évidemment.” This translates into “obviously.”
- Pronounce this French word as eh-vee-dah-mah.
- Say “certainement.” In English, this means “definitely” or “surely.”
- You should pronounce this French term as sehr-tehn-mah.
- Respond with “carrément.” This word translates into the English word “firmly.”
- This French word should be pronounced as kah-ray-mah.
- Reply with “tout à fait.” This phrase means “quite,” “completely,” or “altogether.”
- Tout means "all" or "whole."
- The French à means "with," "to," "by," or "in" when translated into English.
- Fait means "fact," "event" or "occurrence."
- Pronounce this French phrase as too tah feh.
- Answer with "en effet." This translates loosely into “indeed” or “in fact.”
- En means "in."
- Effet means "effect."
- Pronounce this French phrase as ahn ay-feh.
- Exclaim “bien sûr!” This phrase loosely translates into “of course!”
- Bien means “good” or “well.”
- Sûr means “sure” or “certain.”
- This French phrase should be pronounced as byahng soor.
Other Affirmative Answers
- Offer a polite “très bien.” Use this phrase to say “very well.”
- Très means “very.”
- Bien means “well” or “good.”
- Pronounce this French phrase as tray byahng.
- State “C'est bien.”[2] This phrase means “that's fine” in English.
- C'est means “it is.”
- Bien means “well” or “good.”
- This French phrase should be pronounced as say byahng.
- Say “Ça va.” Use this phrase to offer a simple “okay.”
- Ça means “it.”
- Va is derived from the French verb aller, meaning “to go,” “to do,” or “to be.”
- When pronouncing this French phrase, pronounce it as sah vah.
- Reply with “d'accord.” The English equivalent of this French term is “agreed.”
- This French phrase should be pronounced as dah-korr.
- Exclaim “volontiers!” This phrase means “willingly!”
- You should pronounce this French phrase as vuh-loh-tyay.
- Excitedly answer with “avec plaisir!” In English, this phrase means “with pleasure!”
- Avec means “with.”
- Plaisir means “pleasure.”
- You should pronounce this French phrase as ah-vehk play-zeehr.
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